--- title: "21 Le Mans Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 21 Le Mans quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Le Mans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/lando-norris-5574_definitely_i-m-definitely-more-one-of-the-drivers-w_36085.jpg" --- > [I'm definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lando-norris/i-m-definitely-more-one-of-the-drivers-who-would-want-to-do-daytona/) [Lando Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lando-norris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/lando-norris-5574_definitely_i-m-definitely-more-one-of-the-drivers-w_36085.jpg) > [Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenson-button/le-mans-is-the-only-racing-movie-that-is-totally-realistic/) [Jenson Button](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenson-button/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/jenson-button-13533_movie_le-mans-is-the-only-racing-movie-that-is_568750.jpg) > [Winning Le Mans didn't change my career, but it definitely gave me a boost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-hulkenberg/winning-le-mans-didn-t-change-my-career-but-it-definitely-gave-me-a/) [Nico Hulkenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nico-hulkenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/nico-hulkenberg-10907_boost_winning-le-mans-didn-t-change-my-career_865176.jpg) > [I've done the 24-hour race in Le Mans, which was a dream come true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hoy/i-ve-done-the-24-hour-race-in-le-mans-which-was-a-dream-come-true/) [Chris Hoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/chris-hoy-4690_come_i-ve-done-the-24-hour-race-in-le-mans-wh_2522110.jpg) > [Any finish at Le Mans is great but every time I go to Le Mans my mission is to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-kristensen/any-finish-at-le-mans-is-great-but-every-time-i-go-to-le-mans-my/) [Tom Kristensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-kristensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/tom-kristensen-52119_goals_any-finish-at-le-mans-is-great-but-every_2009864.jpg) > [It's an amazing experience for me, coming from the F1 environment and to see a race like Le Mans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-hulkenberg/it-s-an-amazing-experience-for-me-coming-from-the-f1-environment-and/) [Nico Hulkenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nico-hulkenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/nico-hulkenberg-10907_amazing_it-s-an-amazing-experience-for-me-coming_3007206.jpg) > [When I arrived at Le Mans nobody knew me, I had to work hard to get into the first-team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gervinho/when-i-arrived-at-le-mans-nobody-knew-me-i-had-to-work-hard-to-get/) [Gervinho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gervinho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/gervinho-6456_hard_when-i-arrived-at-le-mans-nobody-knew-me_1862204.jpg) > [My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-andretti/my-last-race-was-at-le-mans-in-2000-my-first-race-was-in-1959-so-i/) [Mario Andretti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-andretti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/mario-andretti-4117_bullets_my-last-race-was-at-le-mans-in-2000-my-f_1239373.png) > [All the support and opportunity started and then Le Mans became the pipe dream, the thing to aim for, the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hoy/all-the-support-and-opportunity-started-and-then-le-mans-became-the/) [Chris Hoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/chris-hoy-4690_aim_all-the-support-and-opportunity-started_2983986.jpg) > [I like to be in Le Mans during the summer, of course because I have my family over there but also because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-wilfried-tsonga/i-like-to-be-in-le-mans-during-the-summer-of-course-because-i-have-my/) [Jo-Wilfried Tsonga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-wilfried-tsonga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/jo-wilfried-tsonga-5151_beautiful_i-like-to-be-in-le-mans-during-the-summe_3030017.jpg) > [Yes, with Le Mans, obviously, the approach needs to be different. You have a race only once a year, so in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-kristensen/yes-with-le-mans-obviously-the-approach-needs-to-be-different-you/) [Tom Kristensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-kristensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/tom-kristensen-52119_approach_yes-with-le-mans-obviously-the-approach_214872.jpg) > [Le Mans is such a great race because you can never do anything alone. You have to work as a team member.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-kristensen/le-mans-is-such-a-great-race-because-you-can-never-do-anything-alone/) [Tom Kristensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-kristensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/tom-kristensen-52119_better-person_le-mans-is-such-a-great-race-because-you_1726191.jpg) > [You don't get that opportunity everyday to do Le Mans with Porsche, a brand that has so much tradition and history. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-hulkenberg/you-don-t-get-that-opportunity-everyday-to-do-le-mans-with-porsche-a/) [Nico Hulkenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nico-hulkenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/nico-hulkenberg-10907_cars_you-don-t-get-that-opportunity-everyday_2805940.jpg) > [My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/my-proudest-moments-are-beating-ferrari-for-the-world-championship-in/) [Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/carroll-shelby-19505_championship_my-proudest-moments-are-beating-ferrari_1043792.jpg) > [For Le Mans, you still have to keep fit, it's endurance. It's a different type of fitness. You want to actually fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hoy/for-le-mans-you-still-have-to-keep-fit-it-s-endurance-it-s-a/) [Chris Hoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/chris-hoy-4690_car_for-le-mans-you-still-have-to-keep-fit-i_1696318.jpg) > [“...a few weeks before production wrapped on the movie 'Le Mans', racer David Piper lost control of his car and crashed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-laurie/a-few-weeks-before-production-wrapped-on-the-movie-le-mans-racer/) [Greg Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-laurie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/greg-laurie-5183_crashed_a-few-weeks-before-production-wrapped-on_297980.png) > [Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-kristensen/le-mans-takes-the-best-out-of-everyone-winning-is-important-but-it-s/) [Tom Kristensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-kristensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/tom-kristensen-52119_average_le-mans-takes-the-best-out-of-everyone-w_1698960.jpg) > [“My realisation that all I had ever done in life, not only in France but in England also, was to watch people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-du-maurier/my-realisation-that-all-i-had-ever-done-in-life-not-only-in-france/) [Daphne du Maurier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-du-maurier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/daphne-du-maurier-1185_happiness_my-realisation-that-all-i-had-ever-done_401189.jpg) > [The trick at Le Mans is to get the car 'in the window.' Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-kristensen/the-trick-at-le-mans-is-to-get-the-car-in-the-window-everything-is/) [Tom Kristensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-kristensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/tom-kristensen-52119_brake_the-trick-at-le-mans-is-to-get-the-car-i_1186848.jpg) > [I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-kristensen/i-never-had-any-financial-support-or-sponsors-and-so-i-always-had-to/) [Tom Kristensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-kristensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/tom-kristensen-52119_debut_i-never-had-any-financial-support-or-spo_583279.jpg) > [I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-mcnish/i-have-been-waiting-to-win-a-world-championship-since-1985-i-ve-had/) [Allan McNish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-mcnish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/allan-mcnish-26472_because_i-have-been-waiting-to-win-a-world-champ_2386159.jpg) ## Top authors on Le Mans - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-kristensen-91473.jpg) Tom Kristensen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/le-mans/tom-kristensen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/le-mans/#itemlist", "name": "Le Mans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.", "creator": { "@type": 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"Quotation", "text": "All the support and opportunity started and then Le Mans became the pipe dream, the thing to aim for, the end of the rainbow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Hoy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hoy/all-the-support-and-opportunity-started-and-then-le-mans-became-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/chris-hoy-4690_aim_all-the-support-and-opportunity-started_2983986.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/chris-hoy-4690_aim_all-the-support-and-opportunity-started_2983986.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/chris-hoy-4690_aim_all-the-support-and-opportunity-started_2983986.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the support and opportunity started and then Le Mans became the pipe dream, the thing to aim for, the…” — Chris Hoy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to be in Le Mans during the summer, of course because I have my family over there but also because the nature is just beautiful at this time and it's in the country. 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